Toy dray



S. MA.

I No. 420,787.

Patented Feb.'4, 1890 F. H. HARRIS.

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TOY DRAY- (No Model.)

No.' 420,787, 'Patented Feb. 4, 1890'.

@Witnesses @fw/@W Mh UNITED STATES 'PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK H. HARRIS, OF AUBURNDALE, OHIO.

TOY D-RAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,787, dated February 4, 1890.

Application filed March 13, 1889.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. HARRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Auburndale, in the county of Lucas and State -of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Drays, of which the following is a specication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in toy drays; and the invention consists in the peculiar con struction and combination of the different parts, whereby the device is economically manufactured and provided with the necessary solidity to become a serviceable article for the various uses to which it may be applied, all as more fully hereinafter described, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the same. Fig. 2is a cross-section through the axis of the forward truck. Fig. 3 is a plan of the running-gear provided with a pair of shafts. Fig. 4 is a similar view with a single pole attached thereto. Fig. 5 is a cross-section through the axis of the hind gear, and Fig. 6

is a diagram.

A is a platform of suitable length and width and additionally strengthened by crosscleats B, secured thereto on the under side.

C are the forward stakes, yoked together by the malleable-iron bracket D, secured between the same, and stepped with their lower l ends into sockets formed in the platform and detachably secured thereto by the angleirons E.

F are the rear stakes, adj ustably secured in sockets G, formed near the rear end of the platform in the longitudinal direction thereof. A series of sockets are provided for each stake, and th ese are re-enforced by iron plates H, and provided with corresponding sockets and secured to the platform, preferably iiush therewith. The platform is provided with side-boards I, which extend only a part of the length of the platform and are removably secured thereto by means of metal stakes J, preferably of malleable iron, the lower ends of which engage into sockets K, secured to the edges of the platform. The platform is mounted upon front and rear trucks, which present the usual difference in heightfor the Serial No. 303,187. (No model.)

convenient handling and loading of goods, as in the ordinary construction of large drays.

The front truck consists of a bolster L, bolted to the under side of the platform and provided with' the bearing plate or fifthwheel M.

N is the axle, preferably a piece of pipe, screw-threaded upon theA ends to receive the axle-nut, which holds the wheels in place, and provided with an axle-cap O, grooved upon its under side to receive the axle and secured thereto by suitable clips or ferrules P and screws or nails Q, which prevent the axle from rolling on the axle-cap.

R is the king-bolt, engaging with its head S in a corresponding recess formed in the top of the bolster and confined therein by the platform. It is screw-threaded at its lower end to receive the nut U, seated in a corresponding recess on the under side of the axlecap immediately above the axle. rIhe hind gear is provided with an axle N', constructed and secured, like the axle of the front gear, to a bolster V, which is bolted to the platform.

W are two metallic hounds secured to the axle-cap of the front gear, and, projecting forwardly, terminate in inwardlyturned hooks W.

Y are a pair of shafts provided with the cross-bar Y', to which an evener may be secured, and with the shaft-irons Z, which are constructed in two parts meeting in the center, whereby they are secured together by a suitable bolt a.. These shaft-irons have rearwardly-projecting arms b, provided with eyes adapted to engage with the hooks IV of the hounds. y

In practice, the parts being constructed and arranged as shown and described, it will be seen that the device is adapted to all ordinary uses of a dray; or by removing the stakes and side-boards the device may be used as a platform-truck.

The manner of constructing the front and the rear gears insures great strength, and by securing the king-bolt in the manner described the front gear cannot become accidentally detached, the only way of detaching it being by turning the whole front axle in the same manner as it would be necessary in unscrewing the nut U from the king-bolt.

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The king-bolt itself can never become lost. Neither can the uut U, which is held in its recess. The manner of securing the shafts permits their being readily detached after uuscrewing the bolt a, and a single pole, as shown in Fig. 4, the pole-irons of which are also made in two parts and detachably secured to the pole by means of abolt c, may be put in place thereof.

IVhat I claim as my invention is- 1. In a dray, the combination, with the front gear provided with the hooked hounds IV, of the shafts Y, provided with the twopart shaft-iron Z, having overlapped ends secured together in the center and provided with the rearWardly-projeoting,r arms b upon opposite sides of the overlapped ends and having eyes to engage into the hooks of the hounds, substantially as described.

2. In a dray, the combination, with the platform, oi' a front gear consisting of the bolster L, secured to the under side of the platforn1,the axle-cap O, to which the axle N is secured, and the king-bolt R, provided with the head S, inelosed in a recess on top of the bolster between. the same and the platform and provided with the nut'U, inelosed in a recess on the under side of the axle-cap above the axle, substantially as described.

3. In a dray, the combination of the platform provided with the removable front stakes C, the removable rear stakes F, the removable sideboards I, the front gear eonsisting of the bolster L, bolted to the under side of the platform, the axle-cap O, to which the axle N is secured, the king-bolt R, connecting the bolster L and aXle-cap O and provided With the head S and nut U,inclosed in recesses formed, respectively, in the bolster and in the axlecap, and the rear gear consisting of the bolster V, bolted to the under side of the paltform and having the axle N secured to it, all the parts being arranged and constructed substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aihx my signa-turc, in presence of two Witnesses, this 10th day of December, 1888.

FRANK II. HARRIS.

lVitnesses:

J. PAUL MAYER, En. Mcnnnnrv. 

